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Adolescence Flashcards

1
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How are children considered adults in preindustrial societies?

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Matured physically

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2
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It signals the end of childhood.

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Puberty

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3
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The biological changes of puberty includes rapid growth in height and weight, changes in body proportions and form and attainment of _ maturity.

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Sexual maturity

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4
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The 2 stages where the heightened production of sex-related hormones take place.

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Adrenarche
Gonadarche

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5
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Adrenarche is maturing of _?

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Adrenal glands

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6
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It is the maturing of the sex organs.

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Gonadarche

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7
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Sometime around age 7 or 8, the adrenal glands secrete gradually increasing levels of androgens, principally _.

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Dehydreopiandrosterone (DHEA)

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8
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DHEA plays a part in the growth of __, __, __ hair, as well as in faster body growth, oilier skin and the developed body odor.

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Pubic, auxillary (armpit), facial hair

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9
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By age 10, levels of DHEA are _ times than they were between ages 1 & 4.

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10x

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10
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The precise time when rush of hormonal activity begins seems to depend on reading a critical amount of __ necessary for successful reproduction.

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Body fat

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Girls with a higher percentage of body fat in early childhood and those who experience unusual weight gain between ages __ tend to show earlier pubertal development.

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5 & 9

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12
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Organs directly related to reproduction, which enlarge and mature during adolescence.

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Primary sex characteristics

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13
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Physiological signs of sexual maturation that do not involve the sex organs.

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Secondary sex characteristics

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14
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The first external signs of puberty in girls and in boys.

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Girls- breast tissue and pubic hair
Boys- enlargement of testes

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15
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As girl’s nipples englarfe and protrude, the __ or the pigmented areas surrounding the nipples englarfe and breast assume first a __ and then a rounded shape.

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Areolae
Conical

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16
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Temporary breast enlargement for adolescent boys is normal and may last up to __ months.

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18 mos.

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17
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What do you call a rapid increase in height, weight and muscle bone growth that occurs during puberty?

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Adolescent growth spurt

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18
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The adolescent growth spurt generally begins in girls between ages __ and in boys between __.

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Girls: 9 1/2 and 14 1/2 (usually 10)
Boys: 10 1/2 and 16 (usually 12 or 13)

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19
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Adolescent growth spurt usually lasts about __ years, where they reach sexual maturity.

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2 years

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20
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Girls between ages _ tend to be taller, heavier, stronger than boys the same age.

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11 and 13

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21
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What’s the age where girls and boys typically reach full height?

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Girls- 15
Boys- 17

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22
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A girl’s __ widens to make childbearing easier.

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Pelvis

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23
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Fat accumulates twice as rapidly in what gender in adolescence?

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Girls

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24
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The maturation of the reproductive organs bring the beginning of __ for girls and __ in boys.

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Menstruation- girls
Production of sperm- boys

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25
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What do you call the first ejaculation that occurs at an average age of 13?

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Spermarche

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26
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Involuntary ejaculation of semen

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Nocturnal emission

27
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A monthly shedding of tissue from the lining of the womb. The principal sign of sexual maturity in girls.

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Menstruation

28
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The first menstruation, normal timing vary from age 10 to 16.

29
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Risk taking of adolescent appears to result from interaction of 2 brain networks which are?

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Socioemotional network
Cognitive-control network

30
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A brain network that is sensitive to social and emotional stimuli such as peer influence that becomes more active at puberty.

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Socioemotional network

31
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The brain network that regulates responses to stimuli which matures more gradually into early adulthood.

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Cognitive-control network

32
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Early adolescents (ages 11-13) tended to use __, a small, almond shape structure deep in the temporal lobe that is heavily involved in emotional and instinctual reactions.

33
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Older adolescents (ages 14-17) showed more adult-like patterns, using __, which handle planning, reasoning, judgment, emotional regulation, and impulse control.

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Frontal lobe

34
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Descriptive and evaluative beliefs about one’s appearance.

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Body image

35
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Girl’s dissatisfaction with their bodies increases during _ to _.

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Early to mid-adolescence

36
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Eating disorder characterized by self starvation.

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Anorexia Nervosa

37
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Eating disorder; Regularly eats huge quantities of food, and then purges the body by laxatives, induced vomiting, fasting or excessive exercise.

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Bulimia Nervosa

38
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Piaget’s final stage of cognitive development, characterized by the ability to think abstractly; They can better appreciate metaphor and allegory and thus can find richer meanings in literature and form hypothesis.

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Formal Operations Stage

39
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Accompany the stage of formal operations to develop and test hypotheses.

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Hypothetical- deductive reasoning

40
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Changes in the way adolescents process information reflect the maturation of the brain’s _.

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Frontal lobe

41
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Changes in working memory capacity. There’s an increasing amount of knowledge stored in the long term memory.

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Structural Changes

42
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Acquired factual knowledge stored in the long term memory.

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Declarative knowledge

43
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Acquired skills stores in long term memory.

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Procedural knowledge

44
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Acquired interpretive understandings stored in long term memory.

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Conceptual knowledge

45
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Processes for obtaining, handling and retaining information or the _ aspects of cognition.

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Functional aspects

46
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Learning, remembering and reasoning improve during adolescence. These changes include a continued increase in processing speed, further development of executive function.

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Functional Changes

47
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What is the function that include such skills as selective attention, decision making, inhibitory control of impulsive responses and management of working memory.

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Executive function

48
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Marcia’s term for stages of ego development that depend on the presence or absence of crisis and commitment.

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Identity statuses

49
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A period of unconscious decision making and commitment as a personal investment in an occupation or system of beliefs (ideology).

50
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Characterized by commitment to choices made following a crisis, a period spent in exploring alternatives.

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Identity achievement

51
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A person who has not spent time considering alternatives (has not been in crisis) is committed to other people’s plans for his or her life.

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Foreclosure

52
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A person is currently considering alternatives (in crisis) and seems headed for commitment.

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Moratorium

53
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Characterized by the absence of commitment and lack of serious consideration of alternatives.

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Identity diffusion

54
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Seeing oneself as a sexual being, recognizing one’s sexual orientation,sex coming to terms with sexual strings and forming romantic or sexual attachment.

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Sexual Identity

55
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Focus on consistent sexual, romantic and affectionate interest, either heterosexual, homosexual or bisexual.

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Sexual Orientation

56
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Pattern of emotional turmoil, characteristic of a minority of adolescents, which may involve conflict with family, alienation from adult society, reckless behavior and rejection of adult values.

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Adolescent rebellion

57
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Conflict with __ tends to be greatest during early adolescents.

58
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The kind of parenting that is associated with the most positive outcomes.

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Authoritative parenting

59
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Relationships with siblings tend to become more __ during adolescence.

60
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The influence of __ is strongest in early adolescents.

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Peer group

61
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Major health risks arise from _ issues.

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Behavioral issues

62
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What is the cognitive development for this period?

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Abstract thinking and scientific reasoning

63
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The Psychosocial center of this period.

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Search for identity

64
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Ages for this period.

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